Publications

For a complete list of publications please visit Dr. Nicholls’ ResearchGate page

Select publications:

Note: Students and trainees are underlined.

  • Butler, A., Nicholls, T. L., Samji, H., Fabian, S., & Lavergne, M. R. (2024). Mental Health Needs, Substance Use, and Reincarceration: Population-Level Findings From a Released Prison Cohort. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548241238327
  • Farrell, C., Petersen, K. L, Hanzouli, P., and Nicholls, T. L. (2024) Staff supported community outings among forensic mental health patients: patient characteristics, rehabilitative goals, and (the absence of) adverse outcomes. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15:1382676, p.1-8. https://doi.or/g10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1382676
  • Nicholls, T. L., Avery, J., de Vogel, V., & Monchalin, L.(2024, in press). Women and girls involved with the criminal justice system. P. A. Zapf. APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Vol. 2. Criminal Investigation, Adjudication, and Sentencing Outcomes.(2): XX. In Press, American Psychological Association, United States of America
  • Lysova, A., Nicholls, T. L., Eiboff, F. & Hamel, J. (2024, in press). Intimate partner violence. P. A. Zapf. APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Vol. 2. Criminal Investigation, Adjudication, and Sentencing Outcomes.(2): XX. In Press, American Psychological Association, United States of America
  • Nicholls, T. L., Penney, S. R., Charette, Y., Rajan, A., Crocker, A. G., & Seto, M. C. (2024). Key Lessons Learned About Canadian Forensic Mental Health Service Users: A Focus on Women. Justice Report, 38(38.3), 26–31.
  • Frechette, J., Charette, Y., Nicholls, T. L., Seto, M. C., & Crocker, A. (2024). Comprehensiveness and Context of Psychiatric Reports Submitted to Review Boards in Cases of People Found Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
  • Palis, H., Young, P., Korchinski, M., Wood, S., Xavier, J., Luk, N., Mahil, S., Bartlett, S., Brown, H., Salmon, A., Nicholls, T.L., Slaunwhite, A. (2024). “Shared experience makes this all possible”: documenting the guiding principles of staff providing peer-led services for people released from prison. BMC Public Health, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2802337/v1
  • Almond, M. F. E., Nicholls, T. L., Petersen, K. L., Seto, M. C., & Crocker, A. G. (2023). Exploring the nature and prevalence of targeted violence in persons found Not Criminally Responsible on account of Mental Disorder. Behavioral Sciences & The Law, 41 (2-3), 124-140.https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2626
  • Nicholls, T. L., Charette, Y., Seto, M., Caulet, M., & Crocker, A. (2023). How do persons found NCRMD and identified as Indigenous differ from other persons found NCRMD: Profiles, trajectories, and outcomes. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2023.2205664
  • O’Campo, P., Nisenbaum, R., Crocker, A. G., Nicholls, T. L., Eiboff, F., & Adair, C. (2023). Women experiencing homelessness and mental illness in a Housing First multi-site trial: Looking beyond housing to social outcomes and well-being. PLOS ONE, 18(2), e0277074. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277074.
  • Palis, H., Zhao, B., Young, P., Korchinski, M., Greiner, L., Nicholls, T. L., & Slaunwhite, A. (2022). Stimulant use disorder diagnosis and opioid agonist treatment dispensation following release from prison: A cohort study. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 17, 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00504-z
  • Palis, H., Hu, K., Rioux, W., Korchinski, M., Young, P., Greiner, L., Nicholls, T. L., Slaunwhite, A. (2022). Association of mental health services access and reincarceration among adults released from prison. JAMA Network Open, 5(12), e2247146. https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.43653
  • Palis, H., Gan, W., Xavier, C., Desai, R., Scow, M., Segdmore, K., Greiner, L., Nicholls, T. L., Slaunwhite, A. (2022). Association of opioid and stimulant use disorder diagnoses with fatal and nonfatal overdose among people with a history of incarceration. JAMA Network Open, 5(11), e2243653. https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.43653
  • Leclair, M., Charette, Y., Seto, M. C., Nicholls, T. L., Roy, L., Dufour, M., & Crocker, A. G. (2022). Barriers and facilitators of access and utilization of mental health services among forensic service users along the care pathway. BMC Health Services Research, 22, 1495. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08848-9
  • Heylen, B., Caulet, M., Lemieux, A. J., Seto, M. C., Nicholls, T. L. & Crocker, A. G. (2022, online). What happens after discharge from a forensic psychiatric hospital? An analysis of causally complex patterns of recovery among people found non-criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2022.2128111
  • Lavergne, M. R., Loyal, J. P., Shirmaleki, M., Kaoser, R., Nicholls, T., Schütz C. G., Vaughan, A., Samji, H., Puyat J. H., Kaulius, M., Jones, W., & Small, W. (2022). The relationship between outpatient service use and emergency department visits among people treated for mental disorders: Analysis of population based administrative data in British Columbia, Canada. BMC Health Services Research.
  • Butler, A., Rossiter, K., & Nicholls, T. L. (2022). Mental health and the criminal justice system. In D. Bilsker, E. Jenkins, E. Goldner (Eds.), A Concise Introduction to Mental Health in Canada. 3rd edition.
  • Nicholls, T. L., Petersen, K. L., Kendrick-Koch, L., Singh, B., Ross, H., & Webster, C. D. (2022). Critical review of treatment approaches with mentally disordered offenders, with a particular focus on strengths-based models and programs. In C. M. Langton & J. R. Worling, (Eds.), The Wiley handbook of offender desistance from aggression and crime: Theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Wiley.
  • Lavergne, M. R., Shirmaleki, M., Loyal, J. P., Jones, W., Nicholls, T. L., Schütz, C. G., Vaughan, A., Samji, H., Puyat, J. H., Kaoser, R., Kaulius, M., & Small, W. (2022). Emergency department use for mental and substance use disorders: Descriptive analysis of population-based, linked administrative data in British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open, 12(1), e057072. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057072
  • Martin, S., Charette, Y., Leclerc, C., Seto, M. C., Nicholls, T. L., & Crocker, A. G. (2022). Not a “Get Out of Jail Free Card”: Comparing the Legal Supervision of Persons Found Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder and Convicted Offenders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.775480
  • Butler, A., Nicholls, T., Samji, H., Fabian, S., & Lavergne, M. R. (2021). Prevalence of Mental Health Needs, Substance Use, and Co-occurring Disorders Among People Admitted to Prison. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.), appips202000927. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000927
  • Farrell, C., Nicholls, T. L., Petersen, K. L., Pelletier, L., & the FPH Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) (2021). Perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic response in a forensic psychiatric hospital: Informing future planning. Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/24732850.2021.1973232
  • Goossens, I., Jordan, M., & Nicholls, T. L. (2021). #AbolishNCR: A qualitative analysis of social media narratives around the insanity defense. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 63(2), 46-67. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjccj.2020-0019
  • Nicholls, T. L., Goossens, I., Odgers, C. L., & Cooke, D. J. (2021). Women and girls with psychopathic characteristics. In A. R. Felthous & H. Saβ (Eds.), The Wiley international handbook on psychopathic disorders and the law (2nd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 465-505). John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119159322.ch21​
  • Charette, Y., Goossens, I., Seto, M. C., Nicholls, T. L., & Crocker, A. G. (2021). Is knowledge contagious? Diffusion of violence-risk-reporting practices across clinicians’ professional networks. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(2), 284-293. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2167702620954797
  • Gan, W. Q., Kinner, S. A., Nicholls, T. L., Xavier, C. G, Urbanoski, K, Greiner, L., Buxton, J. A., Martin, R. E., McLeod, K. E., Samji, H., Nolan, S., Meilleur, L., Desai, R., Sabeti, S., & Slaunwhite, A. K. (2021). Risk of overdose-related death for people with a history of incarceration. Addiction, 116(6), 1460-1471. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15293
  • Nicholls, T. L., Petersen, K. L., Almond, M. F. E., & Geddes, C. W. (2021). Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START): rationale, application, and empirical overview. In K. Douglas & R. Otto (Eds.) Handbook of violence risk assessment (2nd ed., pp. 359-388). Routledge.
  • Farrell, C., Petersen, K. L., Nicholls, T. L., & Roesch, R. (2020). Assessing the confidence-accuracy relationship in risk assessments using the START: Introducing calibration analysis. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 31(6), 982-1001. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2020.1814845
  • Seto, M. C., Charette, Y., Nicholls, T. L., & Crocker, A. G. (2020). Predicting which clinically documented incidents of aggression lead to findings of guilt in a forensic psychiatric sample. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 19(4), 365-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2020.1785058
  • Lemieux, A. J., Leclair, M. C., Roy, L., Nicholls, T. L. & Crocker, A. G. (2020). A Typology of Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement Among Homeless Individuals with Mental Illness: Identifying Needs to Better Target Intervention. Criminal Justice and Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1177/009385481990030
  • Edalati, H., Nicholls, T. L., Schütz, C. G., Somers, J. M., Distasio, J., Aubry, T., & Crocker, A. G. (2020). Examining the Relationships between Cumulative Childhood Adversity and the Risk of Criminal Justice Involvement and Victimization among Homeless Adults with Mental Illnesses after Receiving Housing First Intervention. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743720902616
  • Nicholls, T. L. (2019). Risk assessment and risk management – in what ways must gender enter the fray? (pp. 155-165). In D. Eaves, C. Webster, & Haque Q., Risk Rules. Pavillion.
  • Nicholls, T. L., Olley, M., Ogloff, J. R. P., Roesch, R., & Felbert Kreis, M. (2019). Jail Screening Assessment Tool (JSAT). (pp. 2:716-720). In R.D. Morgan (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Sage Publishing.
  • Edalati, H., & Nicholls, T. L. (2019). Childhood maltreatment and the risk for criminal justice involvement and victimization among homeless individuals: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 20(3), 315–330. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838017708783
  • Nicholls, T. L., Desmarais, S., Martin, M. L., Brink, J., & Webster, C. M. (2019). Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START). (pp. 4:1385-1389). In R.D. Morgan (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Sage Publishing.
  • Goossens, I., Nicholls, T. L., Charette, Y., Wilson, C. M., Seto, M. C., & Crocker, A. G. (2019). Examining high-risk accused designation for individuals found Not Criminally Responsible on account of Mental Disorder. Canadian Psychology, 60(2), 102-114. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000080
  • Hilterman, E. L. B., Vermunt, J. K., Nicholls, T. L., Bongers, I. L., & van Nieuwenhuizen, C. (2019). Profiles of SAVRY risk and protective factors within male and female juvenile offenders: A latent class and latent transition analysis. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2019.1580803